Ok so recently I finished up a clip that I was luckily invited to direct for the new season of Yo Gabba Gabba. Equally lucky, I was invited to show the Morcheeba “Enjoy The Ride” and Jakob Dylan “Evil Is Alive And Well” videos at the San Francisco International Animation Festival! Gene Deitch is even gonna be there, and unfortunately I have to miss it.

I’m missing it though for a good reason. Over the next few weeks I have to concentrate on my upcoming (first!) solo art show at the Grassy Knoll Gallery in Portland, OR. The good Ward Jenkins is currently showing at the gallery so be sure to check him out, and here are some unfinished previews to my show “Culture Jelly”…

Before I took off for Seattle I had a call to be a part of a radio show on 88.1FM, WELH, Providence, RI, so how could I pass that up? It’s a great show called Spoiler Alert Radio which interviews directors and discusses film and such.

Long distance shot in my old hood of Northgate.from left to right: Matt and his wife Vicky Tamaru,and the Blakefields- Huddle, Esther and boy genius Genephoto by random passerby guywith a taste for plenty of negative space

Morcheeba graciously asked me back to direct their second single off the Dive Deep album. Luckily I had the grand talents of Eric Kilkenny, Saxton Moore and Darin Bendalllending their animation wizardry as well as a generous tech hand from Sir Todd Schott. Of course Dan Kreeger and posse over at One Small Step were, as always, the finest a production company can be.

Endless thanks to Morcheeba and the label making both videos sincerely good times. Hey lemme know what you think, will ya?

In other news, just started up a new music video and tied up the end for the Animation Show. Did I ever tell you that Eric Kilkenny and Gene Blakefield were a big part of the Animation Show’s opener piece? I’m truly an ass. These guys animate circles around me.

Austin’s show was serious fun. Everything went really well. The people running the program are solid gold. I got to chat with the mighty Mike Judge who was very complimentary and generous, which pretty much blew my mind. The whole operation is top notch and that’s no bluff. Good times are guaranteed. Go check them out over here… www.animationshow.com

Oh hey here are some decorated admirals that were dumped on my hard drive. Rest in peace, cap’ns.
Salute!